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https://www.chess.com/video/player/spicy-gambits-french-wing-gambit
easy to learn and effective.
But if u are 1400, u shouldnt focus on opening too much...
Just respect principles...
Main lines are totally fine. But #4 gives an easy solution. One I like.
Poucin gives best practical advice. Play over some games to get the general idea of what french games look like. At the tournament, you may feel confused, and uncomfortable (because you haven't memorized 15 moves) but your opponent will feel the same way, and the winner will not be based on who can gain a +/= in the opening.
French is all about black hoping for the Winawer to be played by white. Advance Variation: 3.e5 -
The main line of the Advance Variation continues 3... c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 and then we have a branching point:
5... Qb6, the idea is to increase the pressure on d4 and eventually undermine the White centre. The queen also attacks the b2-square, so White's dark-square bishop cannot easily defend the d4-pawn without losing the b2-pawn. White's most common replies are 6.a3 and 6.Be2.
6.a3 is currently the most important line in the Advance: it prepares 7.b4, gaining space on the queenside. Black may prevent this with 6...c4 intending to take en passant if White plays b4, which creates a closed game where Black fights for control of the b3-square. On the other hand, Black may continue developing with 6...Nh6, intending ...Nf5, which might seem strange as White can double the pawn with Bxh6, but this is actually considered good for Black. Black plays ...Bg7 and ...0-0 and Black's king has adequate defence and White will miss his apparently 'bad' dark-square bishop.
6.Be2 is the other alternative, aiming simply to castle. Once again, a common Black response is 6...Nh6 intending 7...cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5 attacking d4. White usually responds to this threat with 7.Bxh6 or 7.b3 preparing Bb2.
5... Bd7 was mentioned by Greco as early as 1620. If White plays 6.a3 in response, modern theory says that Black equalises or is better after 6...f6! The lines are complex, but the main point is that a3 is a wasted move if the black queen is not on b6 and so Black uses the extra tempo to attack the white centre immediately.
French is a very silly and dumb opening. nobody plays it at top level because it is all 1:0 and black only can hope for a draw if white dont do well
In the past week, I've looked at games in the French where the "patzers" playing Black included Nakamura, Morozevich, Shirov, Vallejo Pons, Ding Liren, Ivanchuk, ...
In his column in Chess Informant 126, Moro presents a line that creates makes life difficult for Black. However, I doubt that it offers the simple antidote sought by the OP.
Play two knights variation
Although it's hard to say what you are going to use, we don't really know what kind of positions you like, two knights position just let you play chess instead of using some kind of theory opening book because you don't have enough time to learn that before sunday.
Well, I love the French, but I am afraid that the best thing you can do is the variant I hate the most
The exchange variation
Not close to defeat at all! I will play the exchange french and try to win.
True it's nothing for black to fear though.
My last 4 games in the exchange french (as white) were all wins.
Only one player was rated higher than me though. Two of them ~200 points lower, one of them ~100 points lower.
up to 2200 fide rating level, if black knows well its stuff, its almost 100% win...
It was the case for me for a long time.
I dont play the french anymore but facing exchange was a kind of piece of cake, life is really easy for black.
In blitz I've played 2.Qe2 against the french multiple times. Sad thing is I usually win lol. Especially in 3/0 blitz. Games usually go 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2..... black loses 20 seconds trying to figure why the #&$! I played Qe2 then plays d5 anyway. Yes I know it's a bad way to play but I hate every single French variation so I just play dumb stuff against it on occasion, and I like screwing with people 😁
up to 2200 fide rating level, if black knows well its stuff, its almost 100% win...
It was the case for me for a long time.
I dont play the french anymore but facing exchange was a kind of piece of cake, life is really easy for black.
I play 4.c4 and I know my lines to a decent standard for my rating. I follow Normunds Miezis lines and ideas. He plays it often (after 1.c4).
I'm interested to know what you'd suggest against this for black below 2200 that's so effective.
"life is really easy for black."
This is the biggest drawback IMO. I may go back to 3.Nc3 in the future.
Can someone tell me how to break C0 0French.Ihave a tournament on this Sunday.please...